Re: Errors in Jurassic Park (Movie)

[theropod@garnet.berkeley.edu (John R. Hutchinson)]

>One of our local Jr. High Schools will be screening 'Jurassic Park' for
>their Earth science classes.  As a follow-up to the film they will be
>looking for and discussing scientific errors in the film (they just did
>this for 'Apollo 13' and it really got the kids interest).
>
>Can anyone provide me with any print/newsgroup/web references or personal
>observations regarding the scientific accuracy of the film that I can pass
>along to Valley Stream Jr High School?

Try http://ucmp1.berkeley.edu/diapsids/popular.html  for a discussion of
some of the "science" behind the movie, or

http://ucmp1.berkeley.edu/diapsids/locomotion.html
for a discussion of dinosaur speeds (and the movie).

                        John R. Hutchinson
                  Evolving Evolutionary Biologist
                 Department of Integrative Biology
                  3060 Valley Life Sciences Bldg
                University of California - Berkeley
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